“California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.”

“There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write.”

“For man has invented his doom; first step was touching the moon.”

“Life is fair. Everyone gets more than they deserve.”

“In life, you get what you believe you deserve.”

“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

“Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.”

“The old type of capitalist who adheres to the traditional concepts of property rights is doomed to failure under fascism.”

“Life is not, and death is a dream. Suffering has invented them both as self-justification. Man alone is torn between an unreality and an illusion.”

“Orthodoxy, of whatever colour, seems to demand a lifeless, imitative style.”